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Please go to Paul Theroux.com's new site, Paul TherouxFree Computer Help Forum Theroux’s world is
delineated once again in these tales, whose settings and moods vary
from the exotic to the familiar. The title story, set in India, is a
wry commentary on the manners and morals of an arranged marriage. “A
Love Knot,” about a young student from Calcutta living in Boston,
suggests the infinite possibility of coincidence in human
relationships. Other stories take place in Asia, Africa, eastern
Europe, and Russia -- parts of the world where Theroux has lived and
traveled. Although
distinguished by such diversity, the stories are bound together by a
single thread -- the author’s tragicomic vision of the world. This
vision, together with Theroux’s intelligence and ironic wit, enables
him through his craft to transform situations into art. |
